NHS Keeping in touch days

Hiya ladies, wondering if any nhs staff can help me with this query. I'm thinking of using some of these KIT days as a phased return to work I.e. the entitlement is 10 so was hoping to use 2 a week for 5 weeks. Does anyone have experience of these and if you still get paid your mat pay on top? I've asked my manager and she's clueless.x

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My daughter is pregnant works for the NHS she was saying today her manager said she has 10 kit days she can use when on maternity leave so if there is a meeting for example and meeting lasts a hour she can get a full days pay using 1 kit day and that's on top of her maternity pay

I don’t work for the NHS but for the Council. As far as I’m aware payment for KIT days is an additional payment at your normal salary on top of your maternity pay. I’m also thinking of using mine for phased return, really don’t want to go back! 🙈

Ooowwoo I think I might try and use these then for a 2 day a week before I launch myself back to 4 days. I don't want to go back either, I keep trying to think of ways to start my own business or hoping I win the lottery!!x

I'm NHS and using KIT days, you only get paid for the hours you work though. So you need to do a full day to get the full days pay, but if you work half a day it still counts as 1 KIT day - if that makes sense? Though if you're doing a phased return I'm guessing you'd be working full days anyway. It doesn't affect your statutory mat pay or OMP either, just works out as extra money

I'm using mine for away days/team days spaced out over the next few months - first one in May - else I'm going to get too used to being off and I'll dread going back even more!

Check your maternity leave policy as mine states I will get a full days pay r...

Posted
13/02/2018

Check your maternity leave policy as mine states I will get a full days pay regardless of how long I was in. Also, with my NHS trust, you can't use a KIT day whilst on annual leave.
They are voluntary as well so you don't have to use them at all 👍

Ooooo I'll have to check mine, I hope I get a full days pay! Might do a couple of team meetings if that's the case...

Good point about annual leave, in tagging all mine onto the end of my mat leave so I can have another month or so off:

So ladies I've managed to get a copy of the KIT policy bit and it says this:

11.2 Any ‘keeping in touch’ days must not be taken during the weeks immediately following the birth, nor added to the end of the leave period. It is expected that these days are utilised throughout the maternity/adoption period (52 weeks). Any KIT days worked will not extend the maternity leave period. . It may be agreed with the employee and Manager that KIT days will be utilised in order to have a phased return to work.

Now my plan was to use them 2 a week for 5 consecutive weeks but I'm not sure this will be allowed as it says they are not to be added to the end of the leave period but it also says they can be used as a phased return. I've asked my manager for clarification but she doesn't seem able to give an answer. I'm going to contact hr but this isn't easy as they are all wales trust wide so they often don't know the answer either. Any thoughts??

So ladies I've managed to get a copy of the KIT policy bit and it says th...

Posted
15/02/2018

So ladies I've managed to get a copy of the KIT policy bit and it says this:

11.2 Any ‘keeping in touch’ days must not be taken during the weeks immediately following the birth, nor added to the end of the leave period. It is expected that these days are utilised throughout the maternity/adoption period (52 weeks). Any KIT days worked will not extend the maternity leave period. . It may be agreed with the employee and Manager that KIT days will be utilised in order to have a phased return to work.

Now my plan was to use them 2 a week for 5 consecutive weeks but I'm not sure this will be allowed as it says they are not to be added to the end of the leave period but it also says they can be used as a phased return. I've asked my manager for clarification but she doesn't seem able to give an answer. I'm going to contact hr but this isn't easy as they are all wales trust wide so they often don't know the answer either. Any thoughts??

That just means you still need to be on maternity leave when you take them. And it needs to be prior to any annual leave you may tag on to the end.

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